By Sorin Strătulă In terms of European Union law, the newest and most comprehensive directive on consumer rights is Directive 2011/83 / EC, generically called “The Directive on Consumer Rights”, that has entered into force on June 13th, 2014. As of this date the Directives 97/7 / EC on the Protection of Consumers in respect […]
By Sorin Strătulă In the first half of 2014 the Romanian government passed several laws pertaining to healthcare, of which the two most notable refer to the norms governing the application of Directive 2011/24/EU on patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare in the country, along with the conditions for granting healthcare services within the national health insurance […]
by Oana Strătulă (Partner) In a difficult economic period, characterized as one of crisis, the survival on the market has become, for many merchants, a purpose and for its achievement they are willing to put in the fight any means, even some less “orthodox “1. As such, buying commercial secrets without the owner’s legitimate consent, the […]
by Oana Strătulă On June 11, 2014, the Emergency Ordinance no. 34 was published in the Official Gazette. The Ordinance concerns the rights of consumers within the contracts concluded with professionals, as well as amending and completing certain normative acts1. Adopting a new law on consumer protection was necessary for the transposition into national law of […]
by Oana Strătulă At EU level, public procurements are considered to be one of the key market tools, which have to be used by the Member States with the goal of achieving a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, while ensuring the most efficient usage of public funds1. The key role of public procurements has […]
By Oana Strătulă In recent years, the negative effects of fast food alimentation on the health and the well-being of people have led more and more persons to be concerned about the return to healthy diet as close as possible to a natural one, and also the return to the taste and quality of traditional […]
By Sorin Strătulă (Partner) Although the Health Ministry and the National Health Insurance House (CNAS) budgets for 2013 in Romania were increased considerably in comparison with the 2012 figures and the government succeeded in enacting some reforms, the healthcare system in the country still faced various internal convulsions and experienced legislative, social and economic instability. […]
by Oana Strătulă (Partner) The present insolvency procedure regulated by the Law no. 85/2006 has become over time an instrument sometimes used in an abusive manner, by both debtors and creditors1. Thus, debtors are being protected from creditors under the generous umbrella determined by the current law, given the fact that it is well known that once […]
by Oana Strătulă (Partner) In order to achieve a correlation between the reality of the fact and the sanctioning legal norm, the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code – which have entered into force on February 1, 2014 – bring a series of updates regarding the measures that the criminal court may take for the purpose […]
by Oana Strătulă (Partner) Together with Halloween, the holiday with witches and goblins, Black Friday represents another American concept recently implemented by retailers based in Romania who are eager to increase their sales volume during a very short time period1. Traditionally, in its home country, Black Friday is organized on the last Friday of November […]